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**big_bluto** · 04-19-2004, 01:18 PM

Brock Lesnar v Goldberg

I think this has to be one of the worst!
It started off well.
Some hype/chat/takin' the piss on PPV's for six months running up to WMXX. Excellent stuff, culminating in Brock F5'ing Goldberg in the Rumble, the whole Goldberg spearing Brock at the SD PPV following.
Excellent stuff.

And then......

The match is agreed, Goldberg goes off to work on a movie, and Brock can't hype the match on his own, especially on a different show, so what do they do?
Stone Cold Steve Austin Guest Referee!
Potentially great thinking!

So now we've got:
1) a Smackdown bad-ass heel champ who lost his title
2) an invisible bad-ass face from RAW who was away shooting a movie
3) a special guest referee from RAW who can't wrestle anymore

Brock is promoting away, Stone Cold is trying to cover for Goldberg, and Goldberg isn't there because he's shooting a movie.
So you've got the 2 guys in the match, only one of them is there, the referee is trying his best to promote some conflict, but Austin and Brock are on different shows so there ain't a whole lot they can do.
Meantime, Brock and Austin are doing all they can, and then it comes out that Brock is leaving.

Cue the NY crowd.
The rest is history.
Boring match, relentlessly vicious audience, stunners, exit Goldberg and Lesnar.

What really infuriated me about this one, was the long term strategy, setting it up six months in advance, for it to fall on it's ass long before the match ever started.

I tend not to think of this as the worst feud ever, just the worst fued ever that never really happened.

04-19-2004, 01:18 PM	#33
big_bluto Triple A's a bitch Posts: 1,039	Brock Lesnar v Goldberg I think this has to be one of the worst! It started off well. Some hype/chat/takin' the piss on PPV's for six months running up to WMXX. Excellent stuff, culminating in Brock F5'ing Goldberg in the Rumble, the whole Goldberg spearing Brock at the SD PPV following. Excellent stuff. And then...... The match is agreed, Goldberg goes off to work on a movie, and Brock can't hype the match on his own, especially on a different show, so what do they do? Stone Cold Steve Austin Guest Referee! Potentially great thinking! So now we've got: 1) a Smackdown bad-ass heel champ who lost his title 2) an invisible bad-ass face from RAW who was away shooting a movie 3) a special guest referee from RAW who can't wrestle anymore Brock is promoting away, Stone Cold is trying to cover for Goldberg, and Goldberg isn't there because he's shooting a movie. So you've got the 2 guys in the match, only one of them is there, the referee is trying his best to promote some conflict, but Austin and Brock are on different shows so there ain't a whole lot they can do. Meantime, Brock and Austin are doing all they can, and then it comes out that Brock is leaving. Cue the NY crowd. The rest is history. Boring match, relentlessly vicious audience, stunners, exit Goldberg and Lesnar. What really infuriated me about this one, was the long term strategy, setting it up six months in advance, for it to fall on it's ass long before the match ever started. I tend not to think of this as the worst feud ever, just the worst fued ever that never really happened.